Here we have seven inspiring Print Shops for you. Check' em out, then drop everything and build your own in Workspace in time for the holiday season.  Gemma Chapman Photography Jay French Photography  Jackson Bright Photography  Joel McDowell Photography  Elise Rutherford Photography  David Bostock Photography  Justin Aitken Photography  If you're interested in building a Print Shop in Workspace, click through to start your two week free trial. Alexandria To View More >>

So your Print Shop is live, you’re all set and ready to go, and now you’re wondering how to get your first paying customers. Your first sales are some of the most important. They build momentum and motivation, and will help you refine your marketing strategy going forward. But it’s no surprise that they can be some of the hardest to get. Here are eight suggestions to get your first paying customers.  Share the news with family, friends and your personal networks Your friends, family and personal networks are a great place to start. Not only will they want To View More >>

Better emails for everyone! Most of us take great care over our “marketing”, like newsletters, special offers, advertising etc, but in a way what tells people the most about us are the little day to day interactions that we barely think about. Like our answerphone messages or our auto-reply email! Workspace sends out lots of automated emails — for example when you share galleries with your clients, when clients receive their digital downloads, or when they purchase products in your shopping cart. They’re a reflection of you — and us — and we want To View More >>

CHOICE, TRUST AND TECHNOLOGY Has your lab stopped offering traditional silver halide printing? It’s sad to see such a gloriously refined technology abandoned. With forty years pro lab experience, and chemicals in our veins, we aren’t ready to turn our backs on traditional photographic printing just yet. In fact we think it retains an important place, and we’re committed to the technology. But here’s why the Big Boy Labs are selling the line that silver halide is finished. Their top priority is, and must be, internal efficiency. They have expensive, high-volume machines To View More >>

I wrote this post two years ago and for some reason never published it, but I think it makes some good points about simplicity and not confusing price and payoff. See what you think... We had an interesting email from a client who also deals with a certain other album company (shame on him – LOL). This company makes a big deal about simplicity … and quite right too. Anyway, he asked them if they'd consider introducing some - gulp - options, and to his frustration they said No. Now to be fair, over the years we've got better at saying No to things that compromise either the integrity of our To View More >>